===Background===
'''FremantleMediaFremantle Limited''' (doing business asformerly '''FremantleFremantleMedia''') is a British-based media conglomerate company founded on August 20, 2001, as a merger of [[Pearson Television]] and CLT-UFA; the companies merged to become "RTL Group" and by renaming the production arm to FremantleMedia, who currently owns the [[All American Television|All American]], [[Mark Goodson Television Productions|Mark Goodson]], and [[Reg Grundy Productions|Reg Grundy]] libraries, among other formats.
In 2003, FremantleMedia acquired Australian production company [[Crackerjack|Crackerjack Productions]], who merged with [[Grundy Television]] to form "FremantleMedia Australia".
FremantleMediaEarlyVariant.png|Early variant
Frem10.jpeg|Early variant with the text "Distributed by FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION"
FremantleMedia early logo (2002).PNG|Another early variant
Frem2.jpeg|SD version
FremantleMedia (2012).jpeg|SD version with distribution
*The text <u>"Distributed by"</u> appears above the name for distribution of shows from the UK.
*The text <u>"''Distributed by'' [[Fremantle International|FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL]] DISTRIBUTION"</u> appears underneath the logo for global distribution since 2003.
** On some international airings of older episodes of ''Neighbours'', the ''AUSTRALIA'' variant at the end appears as normal, but a few seconds after, the ''"AUSTRALIA''" text fades out and another text'' <u>"''Distributed by'' [[Fremantle International|FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL]] DISTRIBUTION"''</u> fades in.
*For <u>other shows that they produced or distributed globally such as [[MTV Entertainment Studios|MTV]]'s ''Eye Candy''</u>, either the text ''Enterprises'' or ''International'' fades in.
*A <u>16:9 stretched to 4:3 variant of the "International" logo also exists</u>, which is seen at the end of the French dub of the live-action series of ''Mr. Bean''.
*A <u>still shot version</u> of any of the variants exist.
*On <u>older editions of ''X Factor Romania''</u>, an in-credit notice with the logo in a white box appears. The phrase "Produs în asociere cu FremantleMedia" (Produced in association with FremantleMedia) fades alongside it. After a few seconds, a copyright stamp also appears.
*One of the last programmes that used this logo was the New Zealand soap drama ''Shortland Street'' (which still airs as of September 2023), where the ''AUSTRALIA'' logo appears in-credit. It was used up until March 13, 2020.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation mixed with live-action footage, all produced by Lambie-Nairn.
'''Visuals:''' On a black background, two shots fade in and out depicting the letters "Fr" and "e" in white being written out in cursive. A third shot shows a cursive white "m" being drawn, which zooms out to reveal the words "Fremantle" being drawn out in cursive handwriting. The stem of the "t" is the last of the lettering to be drawn after the zoom out.
'''Trivia:''' According to Fremantle CEO Jennifer Mullin, she described the logo as a "creative signature" that "[puts] our own unique mark on everything that we do."
'''Variants:'''
*On some older shows distributed by Fremantle, the text <u>"Distributed by" or "Produced and Distributed by"</u> appears above the logo.
*A <u>still version of the "Distributed by" variant</u> also exists, which is seen on ''Jack the Ripper'' (1988 miniseries).
**<u>''The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker'' and The Roku Channel prints of ''Celebrity Name Game''</u> usesuse this variant without "Distributed by".
*Rarely, the <u>theme plays over a black screen</u>. This was seen on Buzzr airings of a 1972 episode (#1662) of ''What's My Line?'', episode #530 of ''Match Game '75'', and episode #1331 of ''Match Game '78'', respectively.
*A <u>4:3 version</u> also exists.
**Starting with episode 6, aired on March 30, 2022, the <u>full animation plays, but sped up in order to fit with the show's runtime</u>.
*A <u>zoomed-in variant</u> also exists as well.
*On <u>the Netflix series ''Wellmania''</u>, the copyright notice reading "(C)© 2023 Fremantle Media Australia Pty Ltd." appears at the bottom of the screen.
*A <u>variant with the words "IN ASSOCATION WITH"</u> also exists, which is seen at the beginning of ''Little Bird''.
*On <u>the pilot of ''Family Feud Africa''</u>, the words "Distributed by FreMantle Media International" appear at the top of the screen above the logo which also exists.
*On ''Totally Completely Fine'', the still version of the logo is used, except that the text reads "Distributed by Fremantle", which appears below the logo.
*On aan SBS on Demand streaming print of ''Shelter'' (aka ''El Refugio''), the text which reads "CO-PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FREMANTLE" appear above the logo.
'''Technique:''' 2D animation by Venturethree.
*In some cases, the <u>final bit of the show's closing theme plays over the logo</u>, omitting either the first note or the first two notes.
*On <u>''Let's Make a Deal''</u>, the music starts playing over the show's closing theme.
*On <u>almost all CBS programs</u>, the network's guitar-driven generic theme from the 2003-04 "It's All Here" on-air look (which is slightly high-pitched since 2008) is used.
*<u>ABC and NBC airings</u> use the respective channels' generic themes.
*Sometimes, the <u>logo has the previous logo's theme if it plasters that logo</u>, or <u>the show's ending theme</u>.
*Both <u>high tone and low tone variants</u> also exist.
*Rarely, the <u>theme is slightly re-arranged</u>.
*<u>Some episodes</u>, at least on the <u>May 16 and June 18, 2024 episodes</u> of the <u>2022 Filipino version of ''Family Feud''</u> have the logo's normal music is heard over the show's ending theme</u>.
'''Availability:'''
[[Category:Logos made by Venturethree]]
[[Category:Logos with music by Score Productions]]
[[Category:Logos that vary depending on the source]]
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